"We are not on this earth to settle for mediocrity. 
We are not here to master suffering. 
We are not here to take less than. 
We are not here to buckle under, saying yes when every
single fiber in our being/body is saying no; we are not here
on this earth to cower & bend & give up on our dreams so
someone else can feel more comfortable fulfilling theirs; we
are not here on this earth to allow anyone to trample on our
souls; we are not here on this earth to be rewritten by
folks who know nothing about us, we are not here on this
earth to suffer bullies; we are not here on this earth to
live out our days regretting - rewinding - over things that
were never meant to be; we are not here on this earth to
consistently doubt our very own lives, our very own
sensibility, our very own hearts; we are not here on this
earth to blindly extend every bit of ourselves to folks who
don't give a flying fuck about us; we are not here on this
earth to hand over our emotional baggage to humans who know
nothing about ironing out life's kinks; we are not here on
this earth to experience the ugly horrific torment of abuse
as if it were a mandatory, necessary life lesson; we are not
here on this earth to be violated, grabbed, beaten,
misplaced, mistreated, overlooked, undervalued, unwanted,
returned; we are not here to take crumbs. 
We are here to make noise; serious fucking noise; loud earth
shattering noise; to use our voices - our lives - to prove
what we're made of, to show what we're made of - to make
this world better, kinder, safer, more humane; we are here
to create beauty, massive amounts of wild messy unconfined
uncontrollable beauty; to create music & art, to write
stories & shoot movies and make a spectacular glorious
ruckus that change lives, transforms lives, lifts lives,
challenges lives, honors lives, inspires lives, encourages
lives, holds lives, coddles lives, comfort lives; we are
here on this earth to demonstrate repeatedly the irrefutable
power of love, the boundless joy of generosity of spirit,
and the truth - the absolute truth - of kindness. 
We are not here to disappear, fade, become invisible.We are
here to be fucking huge."